Charles Taylor Quotes

I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.

It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are; and we do not understand what we are, unless we know what we ought to be.

Deciding what to be is more important than deciding what to do.

Every decision you make - every decision that you make every second - is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. Every act is an act of self-definition.

We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have a sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be.

Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.

Every decision you make ... is a decision about Who You Are.

Don't imitate. If you want to know who you are, please avoid imitation, that's a way of avoiding knowing yourself.

My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.

Show me the man you honor; I know by that symptom, better than by any other, what kind of man you yourself are. For you show me there what your ideal of manhood is; what kind of man you long inexpressibly to be.

Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs. Many people today resent the suggestion that they’re in charge of the way they feel.Those people are mistaken. That was a big lesson and I learned it several hundred times before it stuck. What you do, who you’re with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you.

you can't be value free when it comes to marriage

Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.

What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give your mind, heart, and soul. This is Grace.

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named

I don't know the role I'm playing. I only know it's mine, non-convertible.

Identity is something that you are constantly earning.

I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.

Honor is what you know about yourself.

My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island.

I am one of you and being one of you is being and knowing what I am and know. Yet I am the necessary Angel of earth, since, in my sight, you see the earth again.

That isn’t about money, fame, or power. It’s about will, dedication, commitment, and knowing your self-worth. You can be poor as dirt and have those traits. Money can’t buy you values. You just need to know what is important to you and then feel secure in your pursuit to achieve that.

A man's name is not like a mantle which merely hangs about him...but a perfectly fitting garment, which, like the skin, has grown over him, at which one cannot rake and scrape without injuring the man himself.

So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.

it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.